Nafl Prayers

Shaykh Shihaab - ud - Deen said: Obligatory prayers represent capitaland Nafl prayers indicate something additional to that. T hey areindicative of an increase in good things because they are profit; theyare indicative of calamities being warded off and needs being met. Ifthe Nafl prayers are complete and the dreamer has a child and dreamsthat he is offering a Nafl prayer, he will be blessed with another child,otherwise he will be blessed with twins, because Allah says: "And We bestowed upon him Ishaaq (Isaac), and, as anadditional gift [Naflatan] (a grandson) Ya'qoob (Jacob). Eachone We made righteous." [Al-Anbiya' 21:72] One of them said: Sunnah prayers are indicative of the purity ofthe one who offers them and his patience at times of hardship; theyare also indicative of praise and treating dependents and those underone's authority kindly. Voluntary prayers are indicative of kindness anddispelling of worries. All of this applies if the prayers are completed.